Gainesville Memorial Hospital v. Tomlinson

OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, Appellant Gainesville Memorial Hospital (GMH) appeals from the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction. In its sole point, GMH alleges that Appellee Dianna Tomlinson’s suit is barred by sovereign immunity. We reverse and render the trial court’s order on the plea to the jurisdiction.

Factual amd Procedural History

On September 19, 1997, while Tomlinson was a patient at GMH, nurse’s aide Clements went to Tomlinson’s room to get her out of bed for a shower and a walk. Clements sat Tomlinson at the end of her hospital bed.…